Henry baiter



(fie Model.)

H. BAUER.

EXTENSION TABLE.

No. 415,376. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BAUER, OF. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,376, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed November 29,1887- Serial No. 256,380. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BAUER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiam apolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Extension-Tables, of which the following is a specification;

In the manufacture of extension-tables it has heretofore been the usual custom to secure the slides to the table-top by means of meatangular block glued to the side of said slide and the under side of the top of the table. IVhile this construction has been cheap and simple, it has been the means of many disastrous accidents, in that while tables so constructed were heavily loaded with dishes the glue would oftentimes give way and precipitate the load onto the floor and break the dishes, thus causing considerable loss and trouble. In some cases, too, the slides have been made of metal and provided with laterally-projecting ears, through which screws have been inserted into the table-top as the means for securing them in place; but this construction is also insecure.

The object of my said invention is therefore to provide a simple and cheap device for securely holding the table-top and the slides together, and thus, while not adding any expense to the construction of the table, overcome the above-mentioned disadvantage, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the character of table to which my invention relates; Fig. 2, an under side plan of the same, showing the slides secured in position by means of my said invention; Fig. 3, a detail sectional view through the parts to which my invention is immediately related, on the dotted lines 3 3 in Figs. 2 and 4; Fig. 4, a view looking upward from the dotted'lines 4 4 in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the old construction.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the table; B, the slides thereof; and C, O, and C the parts of my improved device for securing the slides and table together.

The table A and slides B are not in themperforation, in which is mounted an ordinary bolt O,provided upon its end with a nut (1 two of which are preferably employed at each end of a slide. The plate 0 is of a thickness equal to the width of the space it is desired to have between the top of the slide and the under side of the table-top, it being necessary to have a slight space between the two to prevent chafing and rubbing. It is secured to the under side of the table by means of screws or analogous devices at the position where it is desired to secure the slide, a recess a being formed in the under side of said table to receive the head of the bolt, which projects above the top of said plate. The slide, being provided with suitable perforations, is then put in position on the bolts 0, and the nuts G are screwed on, thus securing the slide rigidly to the table in the position desired, a washer 0 being preferably provided between each of said nuts and the wood, and said nuts and washers being preferably sunk into the slide, so as to be hid from sight. The top part of the slide bears against the under side of the plate and the heads of the screws which secure said plate in position, as will be readily seen, and thus prevent said screws from working out. The plate maintains the desired space between the two parts, and prevents them from chafing against each other as the table is extended or closed, and said parts are at all times rigidly secured together beyond all danger of falling apart. By this construction I not only overcome the beforementioned disadvantage of the old construction, but also secure to the table a new advantage, in that the slides can be quickly and easily removed from the table and slides of different lengths substituted at pleasure, thus permitting dealers to furnish a customer with a table of the exact length desired without keeping in stock a large number of complete tables of different lengths, as has heretofore been necessary.

In order that the old construction in common use may be easily understood, I have shown it in Fig. 5, which is a View similar in character to Fig. 3, wherein is shown a block D, glued to the table andslid' fdr'se curijng the'parts together, and a block d, glued between the parts to secure the desired space between them.

-I am aware that it is notnew to fasten a bolt to a part by inserting itithroiig'h' perforated plate and securing said plate" to said part withv the head of the bolt under the plate; but Ido not regard this as anticipating'niyinvention, as herein claimed, by which great and pec uliar fldra ia ss ecured to the art ,v lar device shown; asabovedescfibedl Having thus fully described nji y S id invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure b Let r Eataet is r The llcemliin ibn ,Q the table a l fil the 190111 prev ed 0.1 it 11 a. an plate ,0, said pla G secured t" af ia la idifp 2 @il ii I cure the desired space between the table-top and slide, and said bolt exjtiidifng through 's'aid"'slide,whereby said parts'are' rigidly secured together, substantially as set forth.

2; The combination, with the top A, slide B, the bolt 0, inserted through a perforation in aplateQ and'ei'tefiding down through said slide, said plate 0 being secured to the top of the table, with the bolt-head above its top face, and being formed of a thickness equal to the desired space between said slide and said tabletop, subs ant ally as .dsssribved, an for in witness w-lierofl have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 21st day of No Wi nesses; 

